Elevsine] xxviii. gramine/K. 225 



and Pedras de Guinga. No. 2768. Plentifully grown in the districts 

 of Pungo Andongo, Songo, Condo, Quisonde, etc. ; also spontaneous. 

 Negro name Luco, or Luho. May 1857. Coll. C.vri'. 1103. 



Huiij.A. — Luco. Cultivated by the natives (Munhaneca trihe). 

 and spontaneous everywhere. Sr. Kneismann's garden ; beginning ol 

 May 18t;0. No. 2702. 



2. E. verticillata Roxb. Fl. Iiul. i. p. 34G (1820); Steud., I.e., 

 p. 211 ; Durand & Schinz, ^.c, p. 867. 



Le2)tochloa Schhnperiana Hoch.st. in Flora xxxviii. p. 2U3 (1855), 

 Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 869. 



LoAND.v ?— Nos. 7339, 7477 (no information) 



55. LEPTOCHLOA Beauv. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 1172. 



1. L, uniflora Ilochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. p. 409 

 (1851); Steiul. Syn. PI. Gram. p. 209 (1854) ; Durand & Schinz, 

 Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 869. 



Cazkn(;(). — Plentiful in very shady woods on both sides the river 

 Luinha, growing in dense masses, and affording excellent fodder : 

 25 Dec. 18.')4. Xo. 2981. No. 2966 (no information). 



2. L. filiformis Roem. t Schult. Sy.st. Veget. ii. p. 58U (1817); 

 Steud., I.e. 



Loan DA.— 185:5-4. Nos. 7361, 7361 ?/, 7382. Round drying-up ponds, 

 and in rather damp abandoned fields, growing in thick masses, some- 

 times solitary : July 1854. Xo. 7471- 



3. L. chinensis Nees Agrost. Bras. p. 432 (1829) ; Steud., I.e. 

 PiNGo Andonco.— Caghuy ; Jan. 1857. No. 2704. 



Bakra do Dandk. — A caespitose grass, 2 to 3| ft., ascending ; flowers 

 dark purple. Plentiful on the marshy banks of the river Dande near 

 Bombo ; end of Sept. 1858. No. 7281. 



4. L. obtusiflora Hochst. in Flora xxxviii. p. 203 (1855). 

 Eleusine ohtusiflora Schw. & Asch. Beitr. Fl. ^Fthiop. p. 299 



(1867); Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 867. 



Loan da. — An annual cisspitose erect grass. Sandy grassy places of 

 Maianga d'El Rei ; May 1858. No. 7282. 1853-4. Nos. 7353, 7353/^ 

 (no notes). 



56. LEPTOCAEYDION Hochst. ex. Benth. in Journ. Linn. 

 See. xix. p. 110 (1881). 



Triodia R. Br., Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 1175, pro parte. 



1. L. alopecuroides Hochst. ms. in Schimp. PI. Aby.ss. No. 2308. 



Triodia 2)lu'i)iosa Benth., I.e. ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. 

 V. p. 877. Leptochloa plumosa Andevss. in Peters Rei.se INIo-ssamb. 

 p. 557 (1864). Diplachae alopeeuroides Hochst. ex Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. ^-Ethiop. p. 299 (1867). Uralejns alopecvroidss Steud. 

 Syn. PI. Gram. p. 248 (1854). 



PuNOO Andomio. — A laxly caespitose grass with a bromoid habit, 

 culms ascending branched, spikes green-purplish, ultimately becoming 



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